How to make full use of Apple iCloud

[flowney]

As a MacOS X 10.7 (Lion) and iOS 5 user, I have free access to Apple's iCloud services.  I have used iCloud successfully in rural Georgia under Windstream DSL but I find no mention of iCloud in my search of the Verizon support forums.  As I plan to move to Florida and have arranged for Verizon FiOS Internet, I'd really like to get a better handle on whether and how Verizon supports iCloud.  I have 30 days to cancel the Verizon account and make other arrangements if necessary.  Thanks in advance for any information on this topic.

It appears that I will not be able to use Apple's authenticated SMTP server (smtp.me.com) and that I must instead use outgoing.verizon.net.  Is that correct or is there a way to use yje iCloud SMTP servers?  

[somegirl]

You can use any SMTP server you want, as long as it has a port you can use other than port 25. I'm not familiar with the settings for the icloud servers, but odds are they have one.

[flowney]

@somegirl said: You can use any SMTP server you want, as long as it has a port you can use other than port 25. I'm not familiar with the settings for the icloud servers, but odds are they have one.

So are you saying that Verizon blocks port 25?  If so, I can use port 587 according to Apple's iCloud support document on this subject: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4002  I'll try that.

[somegirl]

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@flowney wrote:

So are you saying that Verizon blocks port 25?  If so, I can use port 587 according to Apple's iCloud support document on this subject: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4002  I'll try that.

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Short answer, yes.

[Borowskil]

How do I connect my verizon email to icloud